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Riyad Mahrez says Leicester are not feeling under any pressure

File photo dated 13-08-2016 of Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday August 17, 2016. Riyad Mahrez has admitted only
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Riyad Mahrez says Leicester do not feel under any pressure as they bid to reach the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.

The Foxes sit top of Group G and host Club Brugge needing just a point to qualify for the knockout stages, with Mahrez hoping to replicate September's opening 3-0 win in Bruges where he scored twice.

Mahrez is yet to recreate his European form in the Premier League, however, with the defending champions just two points above the bottom three, but he is relaxed about their Champions League hopes.

Islam Slimani celebrates with Leicester goalscorer Riyad Mahrez
Image: Islam Slimani will miss Tuesday's match for Leicester

He said: "I don't think we feel the pressure, we just have to perform to win the game. Whether it be Champions League or Premier League, it's the same.

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"I enjoy the Champions League like the Premier League. When I was younger we wanted to play in the Champions League and now we are playing in this and we are doing well. There is no special game for me because all the games are important and I enjoy all the games.

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Watford 2-1 Leicester

"We are winning the games in the Champions League. Obviously when we win there are some players who come on to the team and score goals. Islam [Slimani] scores goals and we defend very well with zero goals conceded, so when we start to win in the Premier League as well everyone will be better."

Mahrez was linked with a move away from Leicester after they won the title last season but signed a new four-year deal in August and insisted he is happy at the King Power Stadium.

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Leicester's Marc Albrighton celebrates after scoring against Club Brugge
Image: Leicester beat Club Brugge 3-0 in September

"Yes, I'm good," he said. "Even when there was speculation I didn't follow the newspapers too much.

"If I wanted to stay in Leicester it's because I wanted to grow up with this team, play the Champions League and carry on. I'm happy to be here. If you listen too much to people saying, 'Riyad is good', you don't play football you'd just listen to people."

Riyad Mahrez pulls a goal back for Leicester against Watford
Image: Mahrez pulled a goal back for Leicester in their 2-1 defeat to Watford at the weekend

Brugge are bottom of Group G having lost all four games and former Middlesbrough forward Jelle Vossen feels they are being treated as a laughing stock.

He said: "It's never nice to be on zero points, overall we deserve more than that. It's a pity we are on zero points, it's something some people are laughing at and it's something we want to get rid of soon."

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